It was never truer than during the Rubber and Specialties 125 on Friday night at Five Flags Speedway.

Bubba Pollard won his fourth straight Southern Super Series race, his third consecutive Blizzard Series race and his fifth in a row in the last month.

It didn't come easy. Pollard had to hold off a hard charge from Augie Grill in the final 25 laps, finally reclaiming the lead for good with five laps to go.

"That's what racing all about!" a visibly excited Pollard, 27, said. "That's what makes it so fun. Two great racecars. Everyone talks about how dirty Augie races sometimes, but he always races me clean."

Pollard's win catapulted him past Grill as the all-time winningest Blizzard Series driver with nine victories.

The night fulfilled any superfluous adjective you could think of.

Dramatic. Exhilarating. Compelling.

Tempers flared between several drivers, highlighted by a dust-up between David Rogers and Casey Smith.

"If (Smith) wants to get out of the car and fight, he can have a piece of this old man," the 58-year-old Rogers told track reporter Derek Long.

It all culminated with the epic duel between Pollard and Grill down the stretch.

Pollard had been masterful on restarts all night until this final one. Grill timed it perfectly, and the pair began a sequence over the next 20 laps where they raced door-to-door, swapping the lead all around the famed half-mile asphalt oval.

"(Grill) got underneath me on the restart and raced me hard," Pollard said. "I backed off, and we were able to make it stick that last time."

It seemed almost unfair that Grill finished fourth behind Wilson and Anderson Bowen, but all that beating and banging he did with Pollard destroyed his right tires.

Johanna Long started 19th, spun midway through the race, but rallied to finish 12th.

"It's unbelievable to get four in row," said Pollard, who was the fast qualifier (16.233 seconds). "I've got one of the best crews. We gel together. They're pretty awesome."

Modifieds

A pair of Alabama boys put on a show across the state line Friday night at Five Flags Speedway.

Two-time defending Home Depot Modifieds champion Donnie Hamrac and savvy veteran Oakie Mason battled door-to-door down the stretch of the 25-lap feature, racing each other clean all the way around the famed half-mile asphalt oval.

Hamrac eventually took his first win of the season in Pensacola, but Mason never left his bumper, nearly pushing him across the finish line.

"I hope we put on a good show," said Hamrac, who also won the Modifieds Snowball Derby title last December. "That's what you call good, true racing right there. With Oakie, you can race like that. You can't do that with everybody."